Low back pain: A primary care approach

Clinics in Family Practice

Volumn 7, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 279-303

  Harwood, Marc I ^a   Smith, Bradley J ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIFLUNISAL; IBUPROFEN; LAXATIVE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRAMADOL;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE LESION; CAUDA EQUINA SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEVER; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIFESTYLE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SEDATION; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 19944373118     PISSN: 15225720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cfp.2005.02.010     Document Type: Review

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